Simply put, making art is chancy - it doesn't mix well with predictability. ART & FEAR But this repeated experience of being tickled into submission by the muse has been, frankly, transformative. I really don't mind going with the flow anymore - in art or in life. I mean, I'd rather things went down one particular path or another of course, but I have learned to stop and expand my thoughts to include good things that just might happen even if I trip and fall down a perilous path and land with bloodied knees. Uncertainty is the essential, inevitable and all-pervasive companion to your desire to make art. And tolerance for uncertainty is the pre-requisite to succeeding. ART & FEAR Based on my level of tolerance, I have now clearly found my inevitable and essential companion. He isn't exactly what I expected, and with a name like "Uncertainty", no wonder he was still single. :) A glimpse into the twisted path of the painting:
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Carl Stoveland
7/13/2020 12:13:52 pm
My daily struggle. Control versus everything else the universe has in store. You seem to have gracefully found that place where you pick a direction but let the unfolding future play a hand in the process. I’m a work in progress on that front.
jen
7/14/2020 04:59:03 pm
Carl! We are kindred strugglers. I love that you said I "gracefully" found that place...ha ha! Awkwardly, clumsily, painfully. I suppose that's really the only path to letting go of control? It's not like we'd just hand over the reins without a fight. :)
Carl Stoveland
7/14/2020 06:16:38 pm
You are right it’s a two steps forward one step back (sometimes more) proposition. I’m planning to do sunset time lapses tonight. Lol just got a weather alert for a storm with 45 mph winds. Lol. Doesn’t nature know I have a plan! 7/13/2020 01:45:23 pm
1. The stark message: control, apparently, is not the answer.
jen
7/14/2020 05:00:52 pm
Dotty, I tell you, control is a tricky beast! And not the answer. Sigh. That broken horizon makes me very happy....and the start of the painting also made me happy! But the muse had other plans. ha! 7/14/2020 02:08:49 am
I am one of those that needs some certainty in life. Long story! But, I am learning to embrace the uncertainty in my art making. Still have long way to go. You are certainly brave, large format, and a very nice start, the small first image. ( I like it because of the composition and use of neutrals) But something had to be released !
jen
7/14/2020 05:02:38 pm
Carol! Certainty....if only I could buy an insurance policy for that. :) But alas, embracing its opposite seems to be the only solution. Thanks for your feedback - the painting start is one I will try again. And maybe the muse will let it percolate in that direction. Leave a Reply. |
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